Bringing talented people on board and keeping them is essential to every company’s success. In today’s ever-changing work environment, it is those who manage to recruit, motivate and retain great people , who get the leg up on the competition. And that’s not an easy thing to do. In fact, it can be pretty challenging. Team building is the way! And the new game changer in this regard is…. Beer Pong!
Corporate Culture! Mechanical, Boring, Mundane? Make that Fun, Interesting, Offbeat! Beer pong is just about a white ping-pong ball, ten red Solo Party Cups, and drinking beer, right? Hold the reins… We may be underrating this stereotypical college game. Those red cups could tell you a lot about your workplace culture.
The Name Is Pong… Beer Pong!
The perfect ice breaker, the melting pot of colleagues, from intern to CEO, attributed to its inclusiveness and the informal atmosphere it creates, Touted as one of the (Now) popular team building activities, the beer pong is clearly here to stay! Easily a metaphor for a bunch of really great workplace characteristics that do make up a valuable company culture… and the reason we hail Corporate Beer Pong! The Name Is Pong…. Beer Pong!
Team building is a part of work tradition that is as necessary as the air you breathe. Why? Because never underestimate the power of a difficult colleague! These 20 cups are the key. Unconventional…. Sure! But one that is a sure shot way to bond in a relaxed, casual setting. And friendships that are born from late-night beer pong games increase your job satisfaction and morale.
But, those red cups also represent something bigger and more important – it shows that your company allows employees to express themselves in a creative, open environment, rather than a stifling, regulated way, thinking outside the box and doing things in a new, different way, the healthy way. Healthy competition is good competition. Beer pongs amongst companies symbolise healthy acceptance of strengths and weaknesses amongst colleagues and amongst companies
The Beer pong may not the be-all, end-all way to achieve a fun, healthy workplace culture, but, companies that play these red cups usually share certain creative workplace tendencies, and that can be a great insight into their organizational culture.
And who knows, maybe, this is the time to impress your boss too!
Trivia- And This Is How We Got Beer Pong!
Beer Pong is believed to have originated in the 1950s within the fraternities of Dartmouth College. Back then, their version was more like a traditional game of Ping Pong because they used paddles and a net. Sometime in the 1980s in the United States, the game change to no paddles or net and the name Beer Pong was adopted.
